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Patented May 2, I899.

C. H. SLODUM.

BUTTON. A uca'cion filed Apr. 27, 1898.)-

(No Model.)

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' CHARLES H. SLOCUM, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITEDSTATES PATENT ()EE CE.

PATENT BUTTON COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No;e24,25e, dated May 2,1899;

Application filed April 27, 1 8 9 8.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SLooUM, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in buttons, and more particularlyto that kind or class thereof generally known andreferred to aseyelet-buttons -tha'tis, a button adapted to be secured to cloth orfabric by means of a metal eyelet-fastener-one object of my inventionbeing to provide an article of this kind or character which shallconsist of but few parts, easily and readily assembled, and which shallbe cheap to manufacture and readily and securely attached to the clothor fabric.

A further object of my invention is to produce a die whereby the end ofthe eyelet which enters the button will be rolled or curled over uponitself in contradistinction to being upset or simplyflanged outwardly,the result of the rolling or curling within the die being to make a muchstronger fastening and causing the button to be pressed tightly upon thecloth without play.

With these and other ends in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts,as will be hereinafter fully described,and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a buttonconstructed in accordance with my invention and before being attached tothe cloth or fabric. Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof after the buttonhas been secured in place. Figs. 3 and 4 are plan views of theretaining-die.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the button proper, provided withthe flange a and having a'de'pressed center I), the latter having anopening 0 in the bottom thereof for the passage of the eyelet B. In thebottom of the depressed center I) is located the retaining-die C, madeas shown in the several figures of the drawings-that is, in the form ofa shellthe face-plate d of which is of such diameter as to tightly fitwithin the Serial No. 678,945. (No model.)

of the same size as the opening 0 in the bottom of the button.

Theeyelet B is formed with the shank g, adapted to pass through thecloth or fabric,

through the bottom of the depressed center of the button proper, andinto the retaining die or shell, and also with the flange h, adapted toclamp the cloth or material D between itself and the lower side of thedepressed center of the button.

Any of the well-known forms of button-fastening machines may be utilizedin securing the button in place, and as such are well known to thoseskilled in the art it is unnecessary to illustrate or describe the sameherein, such being provided with a plunger E, the lower end of which ispreferably shaped to conform to that of the upper plate dof theretaining-die on which it rests, as shown in Fig. 2, during theoperation of setting the button. The eyelet-fastener is passed through ahole in the cloth or fabric and into the die C, and by reason of thepressure exerted thereon the upper edge of said eyelet is caused tofollow the shape or contour of said die, the result being that the endof said eyelet is curled or rolled within said die, said curled portionof the eyelet resting upon the curled edge f of the shell, thus tightlysecuring the button in place and preventing any play or movementthereof.

1 am aware that button-fasteners have heretofore been constructed withretaining-dies formed of several parts and more or less closely relatedto the die herein shown and that buttons have been constructed with adie contained therein for upsetting the edge a button has ever beenconstructed containing a die such as hereinabove described and which islocated in the bottom of the depressed center of the button and whereinthe curled edge of the die rests upon the bottom of the button and. thecurled edge of the eyelet rests upon and within the curled edge of thedie.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters bent or curled downwardly and under the plate 61, saidcurled under portion resting on the bottom of said depressed center, incombination with an eyelet D, the shank of which enters and curls withinsaid die and seats upon the curled under portion of the same,substantially as described.

Signed at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, this 22d day of April, A. D. 1898.

CHARLES H. SLOCUM.

Witnesses:

ELLA A. CHANDLER, AGNES I WALKER.

